DOCUMENTARY MEETS 2.04: Straight for the Money (Hima B., 1994)

"You've got to come back to the real world, the real world how it is lived. Water gives life to every plant and animal, and us. Not money. When you hold money in your hand you're holding a dead environment and a dead land[.]"

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, 2000)

“ [A]n extraordinary work of investigative journalism ”

‘Documentary Meets’ is a year-long collection of non-fiction film screening events curated by Emmett Aldred and Keva York, presented in partnership with Composite on the third Thursday of each month. Guided by a monthly topic relevant to the local calendar and community, each film has been chosen to muster awareness and incite conversation - on pride; sex work; kin; colonisation, et al. - with guest speakers on hand to offer a viewing framework

As part of Documentary Meets #005 we feature a pre-recorded introduction by the director Kidlat Tahimik.

Join us on Friday 22nd July for the next iteration of Documentary Meets, featuring A New Product (2012) by Harun Farocki.

Documentary Meets 2.01 : Wildwood, NJ ( Ruth Leitman and Carol Weaks Cassidy , 1994)

Turumba celebrates traditional craft and artisanal labour over industrial modes of production and a life of subsistence over one of accumulation. Murtaza Vali

“ Nothing in this work is taken for granted, and Bordowitz’s bracing anger and inventive playfulness are both life-enhancing. ” Jonathan Rosenbaum

‘Documentary Meets’ is a year-long collection of non-fiction film screening events curated by Emmett Aldred and Keva York, presented in partnership with Composite on the third Thursday of each month.

We’re hitting pause on our program this month in the knowledge that you, our devoted attendees, but also us at Doc Meets HQ, are spoiled for choice and relatively time-poor as we plunge into the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). And so, in lieu of a screening, we’ve put together a guide to our top non-fiction picks of this year’s festival: gone_miffing.pdf